022 People Management

EP22 People Management Welcome to episode 22 of the Fail Forward podcast.   Stop! In the inimitable words of Tina Turner, we don't need another hero!   I employed people for a long time before I realised that I didn't actually have a clue how to manage them. Sure, I'd built a great culture, I knew the names of all my staff, their families, kids and pets, but I was disempowering them. And in turn, I was undermining my business!   In this episode I share the mistakes I made that meant whenever I took time off or tried to go on holiday my business would implode and complaints would start pouring in. My team were good guys who were good at their job, but my approach to leading them had set them, and myself, up for a fall.    I also share what happened when I recognised what I was doing and stopped feeding my own ego.    If you take one thing away from this episode I hope it will be that you don't need to have all the answers and be the fixer. You don't need to swoop in with your cape and save the day. In fact - you need to do just the opposite!   If this episode resonates with you and you'd like to chat through the strategies you can implement to change how you manage your teams, in turn empowering them whilst giving you more freedom, please reach out. My inboxes are open and I'm happy to help.    If you're enjoying the Fail Forward podcasts, follow me on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or LinkedIn for all the latest on my mission to help business owners Fail Forward.    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/failforwardhenri LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/henri-ghijben-539132101/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@failforward12 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/henrighijben/